Chapter 1155: Garuda Breaks Formation, Sword Point

The victory and defeat on the C-numbered martial arts stage were decided.

In the viewing stands, Ye Lingxiao couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation: "Garuda Breaking Formation Finger!"

His reason for surprise was the same as Chen Siwu's.

Deng Qi's methods were too diverse.

The previously used Xiaowuxiang Pinching Flower Finger was a technique that blended Dao and Buddhism.

Now, this Garuda Breaking Formation Finger also combined the subtleties of Buddhism and military strategy.

In addition, there was the killing technique that used Gengjin sword energy at the beginning, whose origins were unknown.

But the steps he took during the battle were also exquisite!

Ye Lingxiao could only vaguely guess that it seemed to be the Great Five Elements Chaotic Sky Step!

This secret technique first required cultivating the wind of the five elements as a foundation, and just this step blocked too many people. And the cultivation process itself was too complex, even in its most famous era, very few people successfully cultivated it.

He thought it had been lost...

Where did the Mu Kingdom find such a person?

The foundation of a hegemonic nation was undoubtedly strong, and it was not surprising to have many strange and mysterious techniques.

But human strength was limited, and excessively pursuing a wide range of combat techniques would inevitably lead to insufficient cultivation.

The Twenty-Four Solar Terms Sword Canon, at least, was a complete set, with connections between them, allowing for joint study of the Great Dao.

The mysterious Gengjin sword energy killing technique, Xiaowuxiang Pinching Flower Finger, Garuda Breaking Formation Finger, Great Five Elements Chaotic Sky Step, etc., were all powerful, but they were somewhat unrelated and difficult to mix.

When powerful individuals trained their descendants, they would help plan systematic killing techniques, rather than letting them practice whatever they got their hands on in a chaotic manner.

A powerful nation like Mu Kingdom would certainly not allow their prodigies to make such mistakes.

Unless...

For the prodigy named Deng Qi on the stage, practicing these killing techniques did not require too much effort. It could be done without affecting his cultivation progress!

From this perspective, the strength of Deng Qi from the Mu Kingdom was likely far greater than what was shown.

Ye Lingxiao suddenly became very curious about how many more killing techniques this person could display in the subsequent battles.

By the way...

He looked at Jiang Wang with a hint of schadenfreude.

This kid was in danger!

The performance of Deng Qi, the prodigy of the Mu Kingdom, astonished a lot of people.

If he had displayed some powerful divine ability, even if it was a celestial palace, with Chongxuan Zun as a precedent, it would not have been so shocking.

But he simply kept changing terrifying killing techniques, and with sword fingers, he forcefully broke Yin Wenhua's Twenty-Four Solar Terms Sword.

As the most precious secret treasure of cultivators, divine abilities indeed had infinite potential. And often, as soon as a divine ability seed was extracted, it could possess considerable power.

In every aspect, divine abilities held supreme value.

Many people therefore regarded divine abilities as their fundamental reliance, believing that divine abilities could represent everything.

If the divine ability was strong, the cultivator was strong.

But in fact, this statement was not entirely correct.

The same divine ability would be displayed differently in the hands of different people. Sometimes, it could even be said to be a world of difference.

Furthermore, divine abilities themselves were highly dependent on talent, and sometimes opportunity, luck, and experience were indispensable.

Aside from precious items similar to divine ability fruits, there was almost no possibility of definitely obtaining a divine ability. The celestial palace secret realm in the Qi Kingdom, for example, only awakened the potential for divine abilities that already existed within cultivators, turning "possibility" into "certainty." If there was no possibility in the first place, there would be no certainty.

And those who lacked talent were almost impossible to leave the celestial palace secret realm alive...

Since divine abilities were highly dependent on talent, were those who lacked opportunity, had no luck, and were born without divine abilities destined to be weak?

Countless strong individuals throughout history have said "no" to this.

Just as some people were born with Dao meridians, starting on the path of transcendence from birth, were they destined to be high and mighty, unparalleled in the world?

But first, there was the path of rushing through blood and qi, with countless cultivators risking their lives to transcend the mundane. Later, the widespread use of meridian-opening pills in the human race, and the opening of meridians with the Yuan-opening Great Pill, provided potential no less than being born with Dao meridians.

Even in the matter of opening meridians, cultivators who opened their meridians with the most ordinary meridian-opening pills were stronger than those born with Dao meridians!

That cry when the meridian-opening pill was born—

"The human race shall not be defined by talent for a lifetime!"

Throughout the long history, this belief has been consistently upheld by the human race.

Therefore, it is said, "Man can conquer nature."

Those endless secret techniques, Dao methods, and killing techniques are the human race's supplement, pursuit... and even超越! to divine abilities!

There are divine abilities like Wolf Totem, which suppress the characteristics of divine abilities and achieve divine favor.

There are also killing techniques like Divinity Annihilation, which require the annihilation of divine ability seeds to be cultivated.

Of course, the power of divine abilities is undeniable.

But Dou Zhao's single battle-hardened golden body is still not inferior to Chongxuan Zun's five celestial palaces and five divine abilities.

True strong individuals need to know that divine ability is not the only thing. Use divine abilities, don't be used by divine abilities.

The spectators in the stands had their own thoughts.

Only Jiang Wang, standing on the G-numbered martial arts stage, had a different mood.

Seeing that the battle was over, Yu Xu had already announced the result, and Yin Wenhua had been carried off the C-numbered martial arts stage.

Jiang Wang looked at Deng Qi, who was about to walk off the martial arts stage, and couldn't help but ask, "Do we know each other?"

Deng Qi turned his head, allowing him to clearly see the deep carvings on the bronze mask.

He spoke in a slightly strange voice, "The second round of the main competition is about to begin. Isn't it a little late to try to build a relationship now?"

Jiang Wang smiled, "Sorry to bother you."

Then he also walked off the martial arts stage.

Just as Deng Qi said.

The list of the top eight was about to be decided, and anyone could meet anyone. It really did seem like trying to build a relationship.

But...

But ah...

He had just watched the battle of this Mu Kingdom prodigy, and the more he watched, the more familiar it felt.

Although the various killing techniques he displayed were all things he had never seen or heard of.

But looking at this person, he felt very close. Wearing a heavy bronze mask, carrying the background of a powerful nation like Mu Kingdom, yet he was slowly overlapping with that figure in his memory...

Every action, even the way he walked. There was a hazy shadow.

Although reason told him it was impossible, he couldn't help but think...

Could it be?

How he wished that a miracle would really happen!

As he walked off the martial arts stage, two loud bangs sounded almost simultaneously!

Jiang Wang suddenly turned his head, first looking to the left.

Spread out before his eyes was a painting of unrestrainedness.

Huang Sheli, whose face was actually very beautiful, was holding a Vajra Pestle in one hand, maintaining a striking posture at this time.

In mid-air, her yellow robe fluttered, and her aura was arrogant and wild!

And in front of the reddish-gold Vajra Pestle, Yelü Zhi of the Liao Kingdom had half of his face sunken in!

A clear light was pressing against the Vajra Pestle, clearly indicating that Yu Xu had made a move.

Jiang Wang then looked to the right, only to see the fallen figure of Dongguo Bao of the Wei Kingdom among the scattered mechanism fragments.

He fell to the ground, his body exploding like a blood bag, blood flowing everywhere, leaving only a shriveled skin!

He was completely dead.

This was the first prodigy to die in the main competition of this Yellow River Meeting!

Not far from this shriveled skin.

Chu Min was supporting his knees with both hands, breathing heavily.

"Top... top eight!"

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

Dongguo Bao's skin also melted into the blood.

(After finishing writing the update yesterday, I spent an hour modifying the first chapter of this book, mainly to solve the problems of weak sense of immersion at the beginning and some readers being pulled out of the story, streamlining Zuo Guanglie's battle, and enhancing the sense of imagery. Of course, the plot and settings were not changed, which will not affect the later content.

I just wanted to let everyone know.

This modification caused many comments to be displaced, and more than 300 comments were lost, which is a bit regrettable. Some of the comments were ones I really liked.)